by james on February 9, 2012 at 7:51 am · Filed under Artist Profiles and tagged: dr.zakaria ali, zakaria ali
Dr Zakaria Ali
Dr Zakaria Ali is a Malaysian artist who is also a scholar in the arts. He is currently the Professor Madtya in the School of Art in Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang. Born in Kampung Batu in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan in 1946, Dr Zakaria is very actively involved in the development of Malaysian arts and culture where he is known for his paintings while he is also a very popular writer.
Dr Zakaria is a very respective writer in literature and poems where he obtained his early schooling years in Johor Bahru. He would then continue on at the Undang Rembau English School before heading to Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas where he obtained his Bachelor in Fine Arts degree. After that, he continued at the Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas where he completed his Masters degree. He would then further enhance his academic qualifications when he completed his Masters in Art History at the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico. Dr Zakaria then completed his PhD in 1991 at Harvard University. Read the rest of this entry »
by james on January 31, 2012 at 8:33 am · Filed under Artist Profiles and tagged: yeong seak ling
Known to be one of the masters in watercolour art, Yeong Seak Ling is a self-taught artist who is also known for his body of art that encompasses acrylic and oil paintings. His passion for art started in his early schooling years where he was one of the youngest artists to win the Major Award in the Salon Malaysian Art Competition then. Yeong is one of the founding members of the earliest contemporary art groups in the 1970s called the ‘Utara Art Group’ and he will continue to be actively involved with such movements where he founded the ArtGrup Penang in 2003 in which he is currently the president.
Yeong’s earlier works were known to be in abstract art where used to paint on 8 foot canvases using an innovative technique in watercolours. His works were exemplary and this was when he won the major awards for the Malaysian Landscape-Water Colour Competitions in 1982 and 1984 respectively. A full time artist since 1991, Yeong’s work is known for her rendering of Malaysian stil-life landscapes that encompassed the likes of plantations, animals and such. Read the rest of this entry »